Yuan Shao was speechless.

The matter was urgent. Cao Cao knew there was no time to delay, so he turned around and left. Yuan Shao chased after him and asked, "The general doesn't give any troops, so he relies on dozens of arresters. What's the use? Liu Bei has more than a thousand elite soldiers outside the city..."

"A few dozen arrests are enough." Cao Cao stopped and said calmly.

Cao Cao had his own plan. It is true that dozens of arresters were no match for Liu Bei's thousands of elite soldiers. However, although these dozens of arresters were not capable of fighting, they were enough to create momentum.

What is building momentum? The arresters in Luoyang are the arresters of the government, the imperial court, and the emperor. As long as the arresters die in the hands of Liu Bei, then Liu Bei will have no room for argument. As long as the situation is pressed towards Liu Bei, Liu Bei will inevitably become a fish on the eucalyptus and will be manipulated at will.

You want to ask, how to deliberately let the arresters and Liu Bei's soldiers fight, there are many ways. Is it not easy to find trouble? If you want to incriminate, why bother?

Cao Cao prepared his troops to be divided into two groups. Cao Cao wanted to summon the arresters and asked Yuan Shao to quickly find the assassins.

Yuan Shao was in a hurry, "Where can I go to find an assassin in such a hurry?"

"Go to the sewage alley, spend some money, and find two gamblers who are willing to work hard." Cao Cao replied casually. Cao Cao seemed to be very proficient in certain despicable tricks.

Yuan Shao nodded, "Sewage Alley, gambler, just make some money."

Although the method was clear, Yuan Shao was unsure, "How about we go together?" Yuan Shao said to Cao Cao.

"...Sure." Cao Cao replied helplessly.

Then, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao hurriedly mobilized the arresters.

At the same time, Zuo Feng entered the palace, saw Emperor Ling, and reported that Liu Bei's troops had arrived outside the city.

After a long time, he finally heard the news from Liu Bei's troops. Emperor Ling was very unhappy and snorted coldly, "How can this Liu Bei walk thousands of miles? If we delay it for a few more days, the traitorous relationship has been settled long ago. It's still useful." Come with him."

Seeing that Ling Emperor Long Yan refused to make an appointment, Zuo Feng changed his mind and thought that he had come back with Liu Bei. If Liu Bei was accused, he would also be implicated. Zuo Feng quickly knelt down to plead for Liu Bei, "Your Majesty, it's clear! It's not true. Liu Bei deliberately delayed. Since His Majesty's decree was announced, Liu Bei did not delay in urgently raising food and grass to prepare for the expedition. However, because Liu Bei was short of resources, he had to raise money first.

This delay is just a few days..."

The lies Zuo Feng made up on the spot are just like the truth.

In Zuo Feng's description, Liu Bei seemed to be a loyal man who would not hesitate to sell off his property and raise his own supplies to send troops to fight against thieves for the sake of national affairs.

Zuo Feng had always been favored by Emperor Ling. With Zuo Feng helping him to persuade Xiang, Emperor Ling did not doubt his presence. He truly believed that Liu Bei was delayed because of the lack of food and grass, and because it took time to raise food and grass.

Emperor Ling issued an edict, ordering Zuo Feng to summon Liu Bei for an audience.

Zuo Feng took the order and left the palace.

At this time, outside Luoyang City, in the large tent of the rebel army, Zhang Fei suddenly remembered something.

Zhang Fei took a knife, walked up to Liu Bei, and stared at Liu Bei. Zhang Fei's posture made Liu Bei uncomfortable.

"What's wrong?" Liu Bei asked.

Zhang Fei was silent for a moment, his gaze resting on Liu Bei's left hand, "Brother, are you afraid of the pain?"

Liu Bei smiled, "When have you ever been afraid?"

"That's good," Zhang Fei nodded, and then when Liu Bei wasn't paying attention, he raised his hand to grab Liu Bei's arm and chopped it off with a sharp knife.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! When the knife went down, there was a cut immediately, and blood immediately spurted out.

"What are you doing?!" Liu Bei stared at Zhang Fei with wide eyes and confusion.

Zhang Fei didn't answer. He took off the wine gourd from his waist, pulled out the stopper, picked up the gourd and took a big sip. Then he grabbed Liu Bei's hand, and with a pop, he sprayed a big mouthful of strong wine up.

Liu Bei didn't feel any pain when he was stabbed by Zhang Fei, but when the alcohol sprayed on him, Liu Bei groaned in pain.

Zhang Fei hadn't drank for a long time. The wine passed through his mouth and the taste was really good. Zhang Fei couldn't help but take two big gulps from the gourd.

Liu Bei dodged the gourd with his hands, "Are you sick? Why did you kill me?" Liu Bei asked.

"Ah, this..." Zhang Fei chuckled, scratching his head and thinking, "That's right, the military advisor said that this is a way to protect yourself."

Liu Bei was greatly puzzled and asked what the method of self-protection was, but Zhang Fei remained silent.

Zhang Fei left the camp and shouted, "There are assassins!"

A loud shout made the nearby soldiers look in this direction in shock.

Before the soldiers could react, Zhang Fei yelled at the soldiers, "Damn it, I asked you to patrol the camp, and even the assassins got in!"

By chance, Liu Bei came out. Zhang Fei grabbed Liu Bei's bleeding arm and showed it to the soldiers. He cursed angrily, "Look, look, the assassins have come in. My eldest brother was almost killed by the assassin.

You patrol his grandma's camp!"

Zhang Fei tried his best to curse and cursed all the soldiers in the camp, and the curses were extremely unpleasant.

All the soldiers in the camp soon knew that an assassin had entered the camp, and the lord was almost assassinated. The centurions quickly blocked the intersection and became nervously on guard.

Liu Bei was confused. He didn't know why Zhang Fei acted like this. Liu Bei tried several times to stop Zhang Fei from cursing, but he couldn't get a word in.

After a long time, Zhang Fei finally stopped, and Liu Bei asked quietly, "Yide, where did the assassin come from? Where did he come from?!"

Zhang Fei glanced around quietly and said to Liu Bei secretly, "Brother, don't make any noise. I know there are no assassins, but there may be assassins. This is a plan to knock down the mountain and shock the tiger."

We will first report the assassin's whereabouts. If someone really wants to assassinate someone, he will be shocked to death after hearing the news and will not dare to move again."

Liu Bei was puzzled. They had already arrived in Luoyang City. Where could there be assassins? Who would send assassins? Furthermore, if there were assassins, why would they retreat in shock after being knocked on the mountain?

Liu Bei couldn't understand it.

According to Li Mengxi's plan, this is a psychological tactic. There is only one chance for an assassination. When the assassination fails and the target becomes alert, further assassinations will be meaningless.

Therefore, Li Mengxi's arrangement was to deliberately spread the news of the assassination, deliberately make a big splash, and deliberately make those who intended to assassinate people think that the news had been leaked and had to terminate the action.

When Zuo Feng arrived at the rebel camp with Emperor Ling's summons, he found that there was a tense atmosphere in the camp.

Zuo Feng couldn't help but ask, "What happened in the camp?"

The soldier replied seriously, "An assassin sneaked into the camp, and my lord was injured by the assassin."

"Ah?!" Zuo Feng was shocked when he heard this.

After coming back to his senses, Zuo Feng quickly said to the eunuch accompanying him, "Quickly, report back to Your Majesty, there is an assassination attempt!"

Zuo Feng was not necessarily worried about Liu Bei's safety. The first thing Zuo Feng considered was that there were assassins outside Luoyang City who dared to enter the camp to assassinate him. Zuo Feng was worried that if the assassins sneaked into the city and endangered the emperor.

Zuo Feng was about to ask Liu Bei how he was doing, when Liu Bei and Zhang Fei came together.

Zuo Feng saw at a glance that the sleeve of Liu Bei's left arm was damaged, and there was a long gash on Liu Bei's arm, which was full of flesh and blood.

Seeing this, Zuo Feng couldn't help but ask, "General Xuande, what happened to make him look like this?"

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment, then looked down at his bleeding arm, "Ah, nothing happened." Liu Bei wanted to hold the lake in his arms.

Zuo Feng couldn't help but ask, "But what did the assassin do?"

Liu Bei opened his mouth, "Yes," Liu Bei looked reluctant to elaborate. Liu Bei said awkwardly, "I didn't pay attention for a moment and was hurt by it. Hehe..."

Zuo Feng nodded and comforted Liu Bei. Zuo Feng asked Liu Bei if he knew who the assassin was. Liu Bei said he didn't know. Liu Bei only said that a figure flashed past and he was stabbed in the hand without seeing the person clearly.

Zuo Feng nodded secretly.

Liu Bei was too honest. Zhang Fei even told Liu Bei to tell the outside world that there was an assassin. As a result, Liu Bei didn't want to lie and hesitated.

This is a strange combination of circumstances, making it even more realistic.

When Zuo Feng asked how the wound on Liu Bei's arm was done, Liu Bei hesitated and said it was okay. This reaction was a hundred times more realistic than Liu Bei's initiative to tell him that there was an assassin.

[To be honest, I have been using Yeguoyuedu to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. Yeguoyuedu is available for Android and Apple.]

Liu Bei's reaction was a normal reaction of a leading general. The leading general was injured by an assassin and felt ashamed and didn't want to say anything. This is a reasonable reaction.

By a strange combination of circumstances, Liu Bei's poor acting skills deceived Zuo Feng into something completely unknown.
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